A double parody to lighten your mood—on “Ozymandias” and Larkin’s “This Be the Verse.”
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They Oz You Up, Your Mandias
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Lit, a Critical Defense against Fascism
Have Democrat’s suffered from a lack of imagination? Literature can help fix that. (For instance, “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Ozymandias.”)
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Trump as Mrs. Elton and Ozymandias
Trump’s vulgar tarting up of the White House brings to mind Mrs. Elton’s lack of class in “Emma.” And then there’s his resemblance to Ozymandias.
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Once We Memorized Poetry
Memorizing poetry used to be standard classroom practice and poetry was widely popular before the snobs came in.
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